Friday, September 19, 2014

This entry is going to share time on my Home Remodeling Blog. It's just too good not to post some photos and I think this particular addition to our lake house is fitting.

And it's a lot of fun to have a party with friends in our own Tiki Bar!

Day 1!!!! I took two days off before the Big Fourth of July Fireworks Party. I should have taken three and I would have more or less completed the entire task, but we were able to get things to a pretty complete state - at least enough to have a cocktail!

Step 1. Make a Space! This deck had become a useless storage area for me. And it's RIGHT BY THE LAKE!!! How to take advantage of the space?

2. Clear Some space...

Step 3. Make the trusses out of some Craig's List Lumber in the work room the night before!!! Saved a little time...

Step 4. Recruit some helpers to haul wood and assist in the heavy lifting stages of frame building...

Camera Hams.....

Step 5. The Roof is On! (no...Not Fire) And it went pretty fast...

Step 6. "Upper Roof" is on...I wanted the middle of the roof to be open and have some natural air flow...This was a bigger gap than intended, but it doesn't look too bad from the water..

Step 7. Some Cedar Slat roofing going on!!!

Step 8 Siding on the Bar Sides....

Step 9. Just start going nuts and adding siding to the Bar Sides along with hanging some signs and crap in the Tiki Bar...you know...To see how it looks!

Step 10.Put on some Cedar Bar Tops!!!

Step 11. Add a Rope Rail for looks and functionality - Bar won't suffer from "Nicks" that happen in wood at a junction point...